Improvement in bee-hives



drinn itin JOHN F. METHERD ANDA SOLOMON-YOUNG, OF UNION CITY. INDIANA.

Letters Patent No.- 113,187, dated March 28, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT lNBEE-HIVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent anc'il making part o the same.

To all Iwhom 'it may concern Be it-knovvn that we, J ORN F. METHEBD and SOL- OMON YOUNG, ot' Union City, in the'co'unty ot' Randolph and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bee-Hives; and do hereby declare that the followingv is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of ret'- erence marked thereonv making a part of this specifidatior TheV nature of our invention' consists in the conf struction and arrangement of a bee-hive, l as will vvbe hereinafter more fully set forth.

v In order to enable vothers skilled in the art to which o nrinvention appertans to make .and Vuse the same.

chamber, O, `between them, into which the beesfrst. Vgo through fthe entrance and then through'a round hole or opening, I), in the upper bottom B, they enter into the hive-proper.

The object of this double bottom is to operate against the moth Without interfering with the ingress, egress,and working of the bees. Themoth, as is well known, seeks 'entrance at all points, and will go in at Ithe entrance ofy the bees, which,if they do so in this construction, they have to passdouble guards-'- first, at the entrances for the bees; and second, at the round opening I) through the upper bottom, before they can (get into: the hive-proper or working depart` ment.

The moth being thus defeated in entering the hiveproper, will naturally go out at the place where they entered and seek some other entrance, and will next find the oblong tube d\on either side of the hivefand in the upper bottom l5, which tube is so constructed as to admit a moth and not a bec.

The tubes tl tl lead into moth-traps, D D, Iormed oneron each side-of the chamber C, between the bottoms B B', and are provided with glassdoors, E. w

v The moth' enters thronghthe tube d, and, seeing the lights in the doorsy E to said moth-trap, lon either Vfsidefit seeks an outlet through said lights, and once in said trap it can never get out until let out. and Where Vit can be destroyed.

Atthe back end of the `double bottom is :a door, G, to the'chamber G, which admits of cleaning all the dirt and filth that may be accumulated by virtue of the double bottom.

On either side of the main hive or brood-chamber A isa falling door, H, which is of' great advantage for the following reasons: Y

By the'doors falling, the sash or movable frame Iv containing the honey can be pulled out on'the doors,

thev doors serving as a'stand for the frame while thel honey-is being extracted. The opposite door having been laiddown at the same time, net only gives the bees a chance to escape in that direction, but in replacing the sash. or frame it is done without crushing -the bees that may cling to the opposite side of the sash or frame; and while said opposite doorv remains open gives the bees a chance to escape from said opposite side and resume their original position before closing'the' door. The sash or frame I'is L-shaped, as shown, with pins e c on top of the vertical part.

' The comb-frames J J are provided with eye-screws,

ff, to hang on the pins e c, and also with pins h, to

be inserted in thee horizontal part of theV frame I.

' Other pins, it, hold vthe frames a suitable distance apart, and the loose ends of the frames are connected together by a' metal-strap, k, as shown in iig. 2.

' A slat, m, is also placed on the pins ce, above the eye-screws f f, to prevent the same from slipping ofi'. The main hive is also provided with side lights n.

vOn top ot' the brood-chamber A is the honey-chamber K, containing a similar sash, I, with frames J J, which makes it not only an independent receptacle for honey, but, vhaving movable frame or sash, .the honey may be extracted from said movable frame in the top part without disturbing the whole colony of Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The .moth-chambers D, with entrances d d, glass doors E E, and central chamber C, and opening b, to a comb-frame hive, constructed substantially asv and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 26th day of J anuaryg, 1871. Y JOHN F. METHERD. Witnesses: SO'LOMON YOUNG.

DAv'ID vCOMES,

JAMEs COLLIER.

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